Depending on your personal triggers, you can experience seasonal allergies all year, especially in Florida. Allergy symptoms are simply immune system reactions. You get seasonal allergy symptoms and the inflammation that comes along with them because your body is producing histamines in response to irritants in the environment. Histamine is a protein that triggers allergy symptoms, such as sneezing, itchy eyes, and a scratchy throat. This article provides tips on how to alleviate allergy symptoms, and some of them may surprise you!
Know What’s in the Air
Be conscious of changes in your surroundings, so that you can avoid allergy symptoms better. If you know the allergens you’re sensitive to, monitor the weather on TV or an app on your phone; most weather reports will alert you to high pollen counts. If you don’t know what you’re allergic to, it might be worth getting tested.
Avoid Allergens
The first logical line of defense against allergens is to avoid them! On bad pollen days, take off your shoes and your jacket before you walk through your house, and consider showering to wash off allergens and reduce exposure time. Remember to regularly change out the air filters in your home and ask your friends for a reputable duct cleaning company.
If you have pets that go outside, pollens will cling to their fur and will be hard to avoid. Wiping their feet when they come in from outside will help. Just be conscious of your personal hygiene and wash your hands regularly when you’re in contact with your fur babies.
Fight Seasonal Allergies with Anti-Inflammatory Foods and Supplements
Many allergy sufferers find relief by incorporating natural antihistamines into their diet. Antihistamines are substances that block histamine activity in the body. Vitamin C is a natural antihistamine. Naturally antibiotic foods like garlic or honey (no honey for children under a year) can also help.
The right supplements both decrease your allergic response to irritants in the environment and support your immune system during allergy season. They decrease inflammation which makes the allergic response easier on your body when it responds to your environment. Bee pollen, bromelain (an enzyme found in pineapples) and quercetin are natural antihistamines.
Chiropractic Care for Seasonal Allergies? Yes!
Chiropractic care provides relief for seasonal allergies. How is that? Every nerve in the body exits our spine and wraps around the skin and organs. In other words, everything in your body is “wired” through the spine. Chiropractic adjustments remove interference as your nerves fire information throughout your body. Therefore, being in alignment alleviates stress on the body and facilitates an increase in nervous system activity and immune function. As a result, chiropractic adjustments improve neurological health and help boost your immune system.
Neti Pot and Salt Therapy for Seasonal Allergies
Using a neti pot with a saline (salt) solution removes all the pollen and dander that build up and irritate the inside of your nasal cavity, throat and mucous membranes. It’s a little tricky at first to learn how to use a neti pot, but once you do, it’s a quick and easy home remedy.
A salt therapy session (conducted in a salt room) delivers greater benefit because you’re breathing salt particles through your respiratory system. The salt particles line your nasal passages and respiratory tract—during the therapy session and afterwards.
We hope these tips help you and your family alleviate seasonal allergies and enjoy the outdoors this summer!
The Salt Room Longwood serves all age groups in the Central Florida area with a safe, drug-free therapy proven to be effective for relieving symptoms of many chronic sinus, lung and skin conditions such as allergies, sinus infections, asthma and eczema. Salt therapy is safe! HEPA/carbon filters & UV light kill 99% of all airborne & surface bacteria and viruses. Call: (407) 862-1163
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